Tracy and Kara Wampler of Bonne Terre are the parents of a son born April 4, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces and was named Ely James. He has one brother, Sawyer Ray. Grandparents are Ray and Gay Wampler of Terre Du Lac, Ann and James Robart of Potosi, Jim and Janet Whaley of Desloge. Great Grandmother is Nedra Short of Farmington.

Caitlyn Bonine and David Devonshire of De Soto are the parents of a daughter born April 7, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. She weighed 6 pounds, 4 ounces and was named Chloe Nicole. She has brothers, Christopher, Eric, Austin, Dalton and Josh. Grandparents are Glenda Devonshire of St. Louis, Diane and Leroy Hunt of New Bloomfield.

Jason and Amy Cates of Ste. Genevieve are the parents of a daughter born March 25, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. She weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces and was named Alaina Danielle. She has one sister, Addison. Grandparents are Richard and Debra Rayfield of Ellington and Danny and Patty Cates of Poplar Bluff.

Amanda House and Patrick House of De Soto are the parents of a son born February 16, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounces and was named Nathan David. He has one brother, Michael. Grandparents are Rene Manley of Festus, David House of De Soto, Homer and Donna Townsley of De Soto and Susan House of Jefferson City.

Katie Howell and Michael Perry of Bonne Terre are the parents of a son born March 25, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Crystal City. He weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was named Evan Michael. He has one brother, Jason. Grandparents are Stan Perry of Bonne Terre, Dawn Raynor of Farmington, Kathy Perry of Pevely and Kenny Howell of Park Hills. Gret Grandparents are Tom and Georgia Howell of Park Hills.

Ashley and Jared Swaringam of Pilot Knob are the parents of a son born April 17, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. He weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was named Zacharrias Kloud. Grandparents are Lisa and Phil Nachor. Great-Grandparents are Harold and Leona Swaringam, Becky Swaringam and Robert Jett.

Sherry Brookes and Justin McClellan of Fredericktown are the parents of a son born April 18, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. He weighed 8 pounds 3 ounces and was named Tristian Richard Michael. He has two sisters, Elaina and Alyssa. Grandparents are Debbie and George Brookes, Tracy and Troy Rauls and Mike and Melanie McClellan. Great-Grandparents are Kathryn Brookes, Mike and Alta McClellan, Al and Peggy Barnes and Denver and Betty Rauls. Great-Great-Grandparents are Herb and Leona Peters.

Tausha Clark and Kevin Dicus of Park Hills are the parents of a son born April 21, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was named Mathew Michael. Grandparents are Rachael Clark, Billy Helms, Bonnie King and Kenny Dicus. Great-Grandparents are Paula Jennings, Clay Watson, Mazel Wood, Wayne Dicus and Dorthy Asher.

Kimberly Sullivan and Isaac Dobbs of Valles Mines are the parents of a son born April 17, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was named Anthony Michael. He has one sister, Amber Rose. Grandparents are Rachel and William Freeman. Great-Grandparents are Jackie Buffington, Janet Courtway and Francis Dobbs.

Levi and Tonnie Tucker are the parents of a daughter born April 18, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. She weighed 7 pounds and was named Mya Marie. Grandparents are Danny and Trish Henson, Linda Tucker and Larry and Bobbie Tucker Sr. Great-Grandparent is Judith Henson.

Perry and Chrissy Cooper of Farmington are the parents of a daughter born April 18, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. She weighed 7 pounds 1 ounce and was named Morgan Riley. She has three siblings, Lilllian, Ava and Sway. Grandparents are Dorothy and John Laird, Ron and Teri Cooper, Lynn Golterman and Bruce and Kim Pulley. Great-Grandparents are Sam and Daisy Whittner, Ray and Brian McQuade, Beverly and Melvin Pulley and Ron and Judy Cooper.

Misty and Aaron Womble of Bixby are the parents of a daughter born April 18, 2008, at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center, Farmington. She weighed 6 pounds 2 ounces and was named Erin Lee.

Ashley Suttles and Patrick Mendenhall are the parents of a son born April 22, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 5 pounds 15 ounces and was named Hunter Michael Clayborne. Grandparents are Clay and Stacy Suttles and Crystal Mendenhall.

Lucas and Katherine Murphy of Bonne Terre are the parents of a son born April 19, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was named Seth Harrison. He has three brothers, Jacob, Zeb and Noah. Grandparents are Jake and Dana Murphy and Kenny and Linda Moran. Great-Grandparents are Alvin and Bea Moran, Jane Bess, Stella Murphy and Mr. and Mrs. Delano Halter.

Marty Stewart and Tammy Porter of Potosi are the parents of a daughter born April 22, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. She weighed 9 pounds 3 ounces and was named Jaylyn. She has one sister, Kylee. Grandparents are Sheila Chapman, Martin Stewart, Carol Coffman, Mickey Rawlins and John Coffman.

Chance and Christine Jorgensen of Park Hills are the parents of a daughter born April 17, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. She weighed 9 pounds and was named Autumn Rose. Grandparents are Mark and Cindy Politte, Tammy Bobbett and Bruce Jorgensen. Great-Grandparents are Sharon and Lonnie Kennon and Jimmy and Margie Lashley.

Lucas and Margeaux Wagganer of Park Hills are the parents of a son born April 21, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 15  ounces and was named Elijah Keith. He has five siblings, Whitney, Brian, Ardel, Sydney and Brody. Grandparents are Darrel and Lora Wagganer, Rick and Rhonda Brummer, Jennifer Moak and Stan and Nina Allred.

Christopher and Shelly Owens of Farmington are the parents of a son born April 21, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces and was named Wesley Paul. He has one sister, Isabelle Elaine.

Tim and Jennifer Maloney are the parents of daughter born April 12, 2008, at St. Luke’s Hospital, St. Louis. She weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces and was named Clare Olivia. Grandparents are Jerry and Jeannette Maloney, Kim and Ruth Ann Kollmeyer. Great-Grandparents are Mary Kuchera, Vernon and Lorene Kollmeyer and Ruby Bradley.

William and Amanda Beck of Desloge are the parents of a son born April 21, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was named William Philip. He has one sister, Savannah. Grandparents are Robert and Dorothy McCormick and Robert and Victoria Heintzmann. Great-Grandparents are Billy Joe and Jane Wry.

Stuart and Melanie Raggo of Fredericktown are the parents of a daughter born April 21, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. She weighed 6 pounds 8 ounces and was named Rhiannon Sophia. She has one sibling, Gabriel. Grandparents are William (Bill) and Patricia (Pat) Cummings, Nancy Raggo and Micheal W. Ellis.

Kyle and Dawn Richardson of Baltimore, Md., are the parents of a daughter born April 17, 2008. She weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces and was named Maci Grace. Grandparents are Jack and Susan Richardson of Farmington, Shirley Jones and Beau and Susan Jones all of Baltimore, Md.

Nikki and Butch Owens of Sikeston are the parents of a daughter born March 24, 2008, at Saint Francis Medical Center’s Family BirthPlace. She weighed 7 pounds 14 ounces and was named Molly Grace. Grandparents are Barbara Trokey, Marsha Trokey and Edward and Shirley Owens Jr.

Richard and Rebekah Martin of Park Hills are the parents of a daughter born April 17, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. She weighed 6 pounds 3 ounces and was named Maryssa Kay. She has five siblings, Tristin, Alivia, Kate Lynn, Kailey and Hannah. Grandparents are Melissa Byers, Rick Martin, Robert and the late Donna Morris, Seva Lenz, Judy and Bill Schindler and Lloyd and Sherly Martin.

Thomas and Virginia Braman of Fremont, Mo., are the parents of a son born April 14, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was named Willard Thomas. He has one sibling, Zachariah. Grandparents are Bud and Mandy Sebastian, Della Kent and Edward D. Braman Sr. Step-Grandparent, Dennis Kent. Great-Grandparent is Sharon Sebastion.

Scott and Rebecca Kemper of Cadet are the parents of a son born April 18, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 6 pounds 1 ounces and was named Caden James. He has five siblings. Ashley, Cody, Samantha, Corey and Carson. Grandparents are Linda Kemper and Matt Brown of Hillsboro.

Kenneth and Jessica Hatfield of Desloge are the parents of a son born April 15, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. He weighed 8 pounds 4 ounces and was named Gabriel Isaiah Lee. He has one sibling, Hannah Hatfield. Grandparents are Jeanie Bradley, the late Kenneth Hatfield Sr. and the late Mildred Hatfield.

Lauren Lynch and Ryan Eye of Park Hills and Mineral Point are the parents of a daughter born April 18, 2008, at Parkland Health Center, Farmington. She weighed 8 pounds and was named Alydia Kayelyn. Grandparents are Connie and James Lynch, Edna and Terry Batey and Michael and Mit Eye Jr. Great-Grandparents are Michael and Bonnie Eye and Lee Glore.

FARMINGTON — Barbara Sue (Cook) Roderique, 70, of Farmington passed away May 13, 2008 at her residence in Farmington, Mo. She was born December 26, 1937 in Bonne Terre.

BONNE TERRE — Leonard T. “Nuke” Stegall, 89 of Bonne Terre passed away May 13, 2008 at St. Joe Manor.

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. — Louie Linson "Red" Organ, 75, passed away on May 9, 2008.

LEADWOOD — Marie L. Banks, 89, of Leadwood passed away May 13, 2008, at St. Joe Manor in Bonne Terre. Arrangements are pending at C.Z. Boyer & Son Funeral Home in Leadwood.

LEMAY — Donald E. ‘Red’ Baker, 85, of Lemay, Mo. passed away May 10, 2008 at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Donald E. ‘Red’ Baker was born May 13, 1922 at Rivermines, Mo.

PARK HILLS — Zella K. Johnson, 69, of Park Hills passed away May 13, 2008 at Country Meadows Nursing Home. Zella Johnson was born November 1, 1938 at Elvins.

BONNE TERRE — Donald Ray Hampton of Park Hills passed away Sunday, May 11, 2008, at Parkland Health Center at the age of 71 years. He was born February 5,1937, in Desloge to the late Fred and Myrtle (Sedgwick) Hampton. Also preceded in death by two sisters, Charlotte Beck and Norma Middleton, and two brothers, Paul and Irvin Hampton.

FARMINGTON — Kathy Ann Rubottom, 56, of Farmington passed away May 11, 2008.

FLORIDA — Anna Lou Aubuchon, 85, passed away May 11, 2008, at Nokomis, Florida. Anna Lou was born APRIL 26, 1923, in Doe Run, daughter of Harry and Ola ‘Hardesty’ Bayless. Also preceding, her husband, William Aubuchon, Sr., Sisters: Juanita Hahn; Margaret Powell and Glenda Bayless. Brother: Harry Bayless.

FARMINGTON — Mary Lou Thomure, 70, of Farmington passed away May 11, 2008.

BONNE TERRE — Martha Allain, 93, of Bonne Terre passed away May 13, 2008 at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center.

PARK HILLS — William “Bill” Sherman, 56, Park Hills, passed away on May 11, 2008 at Mineral Area Regional Medical Center.

LEMAY — Donald E. ‘Red’ Baker, 85, of Lemay, Mo. passed away May 10, 2008 at St. Anthony’s Hospital. Donald E. ‘Red’ Baker was born May 13, 1922 at Rivermines, Mo.